Rambo in Rangoon

Burma's generals apparently realize how precarious their dictatorial rule is. Witness their treatment of Sylvester Stallone's latest Rambo movie as a dangerous threat to their government.

A few days after the film was released world-wide last month, Mr. Stallone reported that family members of two Burmese actors in the film had been arrested. The movie is banned from Burmese theaters and shopkeepers can be jailed for up to seven years for selling a copy of the DVD. Though this means there's no legal way to watch...